After the Harvest

Mission: To fight hunger, improve nutrition and reduce food waste by rescuing fresh produce and distributing it to organizations that feed hungry people.

Vision: A healthy heartland without hunger and food waste.

Like most big ideas, After the Harvest began very small with a few like-minded individuals who believed that hungry people deserve healthy food in Greater Kansas City and that no food should go to waste. Starting out in loaned space in May 2014, we took a leap of faith, moving to our current location equipped with a 501(c)(3) designation, two chairs, a file cabinet, two computers sitting atop borrowed folding tables and a staff of three.

Now, After the Harvest–with a still small full-time staff of six and thousands of volunteers–distributes rescued fruits and vegetables via our gleaning program directly to agencies feeding hungry people. After the Harvest is the largest local produce donor to Harvesters–The Community Food Network. Harvesters is our primary distribution partner, delivering our produce via our gleaning and truckload programs to agencies within their service area. This unique partnership gives Harvesters access to fresh-from-the-farm produce that is otherwise unavailable to them–providing value, variety and quality to their produce distribution program.

After the Harvest (ATH) rescues nutritious fruits and vegetables from going to waste and donates them to agencies that serve hungry people, primarily in Greater Kansas City. Our volunteers glean after the harvest, picking what’s left in farmers’ fields and picking up already harvested leftover produce. The majority of the funds we raise helps secure semi-truckloads of donated produce that might otherwise end up in landfills.